Comments on: Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group to Implement Embargo on eBooks

By: Friday Alert: HarperCollins in cagematch with Macmillan to see who can alienate readers better | Dear Author

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:31:43 +0000

[...] Macmillan refuses to allow its digital books to be lent in the library. Apparently Simon & Schuster is the same way and won’t allow its titles to be lent digitally through the library.Today news has come out [...]

By: Jim Peterson

Jim Peterson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:26:10 +0000

Well put, Bobbi! Digital Rights Management is abused more by the publishers of content (music, movies, and now apparently eBooks) than by the users! No wonder there is piracy! It used to be that you could purchase an LP (remember vinyl?), cassette or CD and play it in ANY device you chose. Not anymore! You can’t choose what to do with content you purchase. Control freaks, aren’t they?

By: Twitted by bedheaded

Twitted by bedheaded — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:25:25 +0000

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By: David Brightbill

David Brightbill — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:56:59 +0000

I suspect that the embargo has more to do with the rumored entry of Apple into the eBook reader space than anything else.